Including: Ariel Pink, the Black Lips, Rudimental, Charlie XCX, Beirut, Julia Holter, Ben Howard, Paul Weller, Telekinesis, Garbage, Culture Collide, the Fratellis, the Bangles, Festival Supreme, Don Henley, Battles, JR JR, My Morning Jacket.
Wicks, frontman of power-pop luminaries The Records, is battling cancer. Staged by the Wild Honey Foundation, some ace L.A. musicians are rallying around him.
► Ace bassist/songwriter Thundercat [pictured at the 2012 UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival] performs at UCLA Royce Hall, supported by Teebs. ► The Bangles do the first of two sold-out shows at the Troubadour ► Smallpools visit the El Rey Theatre in support of their debut album, “Lovetap!,” which came out in March. Grizfolk and […]
Incoming: U2, Spoon, The Moth & the Flame, Freedom Fry, Cillie Barnes, Golden Coast, Refused, Kopecky, Two Sheds, Gold Star, Erick Macek, Aaron Watson, Dignitary, Neutral Milk Hotel, Knox Hamilton, Spirit Club, Bones Muhroni, Will Butler, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Tori Kelly, King Tuff, L7, The Do, Flux Pavilion, Big Search, Little Red Lung, Josh […]
A monster post-Halloween Saturday: ‣ The 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos festival takes place at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with live performances from Carla Morrison, La Santa Cecilia, Gaby Moreno, Los Cenzontles and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. ‣ Danny Elfman performs Music from the Films of Tim Burton at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live for […]
Incoming: Ben Howard, Circa Waves, Rachael Yamagata, Faded Paper Figures, Delta Spirit, Ab-Soul, London Richards, Live, Shawn Mullins, the Rural Alberta Advantage, the Wild Feathers, B.o.B., the Soft White Sixties, Marilyn Manson, Betty Who, the Airborne Toxic Event, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Steve Aoki, the Stone Foxes, Nick Jonas, Citizen Cope, the Album Leaf, Queens […]
The Sunday schedule, a little light because of That Thing on TV: ‣ The Bangles play the Whisky a Go Go as part of the venue’s 50th-anniversary series of concerts. ‣ Washed Out and Kisses team up for a show at the Glass House in Pomona. Above is Washed Out’s video for “Don’t Give Up,” […]
It’s a full-on Friday night: ‣ Four bands associated with the 1980s movement known as the Paisley Underground – the Bangles, the Three O’Clock [pictured at Coachella in April], the Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade – team up at the Fonda Theatre for a show benefiting music education programs in L.A. ‣ The Skirball Cultural […]
Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, De Lux, Cat Power, Froth, VUM, the Wild Reeds, Xiu Xiu, BLEAUX, Entrance Band, Sam Smith, Howie Day, Tapioca & the Flea, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross, Pretty Lights, Beyonce, Pusha T, Bright Light Bright Light, LA Font, Conquistador, Every Time I Die, Mirror Days, Problem, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the […]
Happy Labor Day:Â ‣ There are BBQs and then there are shindigs like the Summer Send-Off at the Bootleg Theater featuring performance by the Decoders, Mystery Skulls, Harriet, Moses Sumney, Francisco the Man, Froth, the Cerny Brothers, Grizfolk, Robert Raimon Roy, Kera & the Lesbians, Bad Suns, Moonchild, Trevor Menear, Yonas Michael, Channel One, Douglas […]
